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CONTENTS
Title Page 2
Area of research 3
Acknowledgement 4
Introduction 5
Rationale 6
Analysis and Interpretation of Data 7 – 8
Conclusion 9
Appendix 10
Bibliography 11

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THEME: Decolonization and Liberation
TOPIC: India: Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
THESIS: How did Gandhi’s influence transform India; politically, economically and socially?

INTRODUCTION This Internal Assessment is based on Decolonization and Liberation. It will focus on one man in particular, Mohandas Karamchan Gandhi and his contributions to India politically, economically and socially. He said “be the change you want to see”, and as such he was indeed the change that India needed. Gandhi was a selfless individual who reacted to the injustice around him and fought on behalf of the country men to gain freedom. He was a humble man of petite stature and cloaked in simple robes; he has had a global influence on leaders and laymen alike with his remarkable achievements using non-violent civil disobedience in his leadership of the revolutionary struggle in India. He set an example for the modern world through his unswerving commitment to peace



Bibliography: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar in the present state of Gujarat on October 2nd, 1869 ……………… Modern India: the origins of an Asian Democracy, United States: Oxford University Press Inc. 1994 PHILIPS, CH (Ed.) William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel, The Essential World History: Ancient India Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006 -------------------------------------------- [ 4 ]. Judith M. Brown, Modern India: the origins of an Asian Democracy, (United States, 1994), p.139 [ 5 ] [ 8 ]. ed. CH Philips, The Evolution of India and Pakistan 1858 - 1947: select documents, (London, 1962), p.213 [ 9 ] [ 12 ]. ed. CH Philips, The Evolution of India and Pakistan 1858 - 1947: select documents, (London, 1962), p.246 [ 13 ] [ 14 ]. William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel, The Essential World History: Ancient India (Belmont, 2006) p.657 [ 15 ]

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